Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 1st October 1976 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 1. These provisions relate to the amendment of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 to remove the exclusion of small firms from the unfair dismissal provisions of that Act.

The Order also brings into operation on 6th April 1977 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 2. These provisions relate to itemised pay statements. The Order also varies the Employment Protection Act 1975 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1976, by inserting therein a transitional provision in respect of the provisions relating to maternity pay, which are contained in Schedule 3 of that Order.